I just did a forward bend for 21 minutes. I have just discovered that very long stretches lead interesting places. If you bring a quality of patient attention, of the sort used in Kum Nye, then a great deal of movement and motion happen in that 21 minutes. Now, I move around. I rock gently at the limit of my range of motion, as I read is useful. I sit up and focus on my upper back. I alternately push one leg then the other out a couple inches.
But I have found areas of tightness will over time release information. This is fascinating. My next experiment is going to focus on my very tight hip flexors for an hour. I am going to alternate myofascial release with stretching. I’ll post results. I suspect it will tell me something, something non-verbal, which means I can’t write about it, but something useful.